Gameplay and Story Segregation is about the rules of the game universe applying differently in gameplay vs. the story, not about differences in graphical quality between cutscenes and normal play. I agree it's a meme and misleading. Supporting pull.

Yeah, that's what I thought...I wasn't quite sure if maybe I was misinterpreting the trope, though, so I didn't mention it in my post.

But wouldn't that go under Cutscene Power to the Max? That's what I mean about images falling better under the subtropes, simply because it has so many of them. (I personally had an idea relating to Chrono Trigger, but I realized that, first, it would apply better to Overrated And Underleveled, and, second, it's a spoiler. Although idk, maybe CT is old enough that spoilers aren't particularly necessary.)

Also, I've gone ahead and pulled the image from the page, since apparently memes are an insta-pull.

It's not a meme per se, but it's definitely an image macro, which I understand is heavily frowned upon here. And there's the issue of the image literally having "videogames.memebase.com" on the bottom.

That's a pretty well-known example...my idea would be to have an image showing Aerith killed in battle, with the menu showing the player about to revive her with a Phoenix Down, and then a screencap of her Plotline Death. (I think we've long reached the point where "Aerith dies" is no longer a spoiler.) The problem is, I don't know how one would get such an image. A screencap of the death scene is simple enough to find, but "battle scene with Aerith dead and menu showing player about to use a Phoenix Down" is awfully specific.

If it's possible, this trope would probably work best with a video or 2, one showing a cutscene where the character uses an ability to devastating effect, and another for comparison which shows them using the same ability under player control with significantly less impressive results. I can't think of any photos that could adequately show that off. However, a webcomic could work if anybody know of one too.

The opening movie for Borderlands 2 shows Axton deploying the Sabre Turret he stole before deserting ths military. In the movie, the turret is filled with upgrades and enhancements that the player can eventually obtain by leveling up that character. However, when you reach level 5 and can deploy the turret, it starts out all dinky and weak. There is no given explaination why this fully upgraded turret suddenly lost all that power. Oh yes, the gameplay starts immediately following the events of the opening movie.

I'm thinking a comparison shot between the turret jn the movie and when the player can first deploy it. I'll see if I can find some good shots of the gameplay version.

Bleh, GIS only gives me artwork of the character and the turret, and various screenshots showing what it looks like at higher levels. Youtube has some videos showing the turret when you get it at level 5, but the players themselves choose not to focus the camera to actually look at it, plus it's nighttime in all the footage.

I suppose I could try to take a picture myself, but it would not turn out all that great.

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